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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2023: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 19, 2023Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 January 2023361,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
361,997 km224,934 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 15, 202302:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 202320:53

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.